What are the physical/facial signs of an alcoholic?

[Anonymous]

I’m an alcoholic and it is clear why no one knew. Most posters seem to have a vaudeville idea of what an alcoholic looks like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alcoholic and it is clear why no one knew. Most posters seem to have a vaudeville idea of what an alcoholic looks like.

These responses are nuts.

[Anonymous]

Red eyes? My high-functioning parent's eyes are always red. They also can't walk strait as the day progresses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can’t tell by looking at people. Unless they are riding a lawnmower down the road as transport, that’s a good sign.

Foot drop.

What?

Foot drop can be a physical sign of alcohol use disorder over a long period of time. There are other causes of peroneal nerve problems, but in the US, it's the most common cause.

More bull shite. I don't drink and have had neuropathy in my feet for years.

Maybe look up the meaning of "can be" and "other causes."

Not everything is about you.

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Foot drop can be a physical sign of alcohol use disorder over a long period of time. There are other causes of peroneal nerve problems, but in the US, it's the most common cause.

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More bull shite. I don't drink and have had neuropathy in my feet for years.

Maybe look up the meaning of "can be" and "other causes."

Not everything is about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alcoholic and it is clear why no one knew. Most posters seem to have a vaudeville idea of what an alcoholic looks like.

If you don’t look like W.C. Fields, you’re not an alcoholic apparently!

[Anonymous]

My alcoholic parent was always a little too thin, with lots of broken blood vessels, but not really rosacea.

[Anonymous]

hands shake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Puffy face, red face
Puffy belly, skinny legs
hand tremors
smell

+1 to this.

[Anonymous]

the smell....they do have a distinctive odor....even if they bathe daily

[Anonymous]

W.C. Fields, famed rosacea sufferer.

[Anonymous]

Red eyes
Compromised ability to walk
Kind of weaving when walking
Inability to write (due to shaking hands)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alcoholic and it is clear why no one knew. Most posters seem to have a vaudeville idea of what an alcoholic looks like.

People knew. I can tell if my alcoholic mother speaks one single word to me. The tone of her voice immediately gives it away. This thread asked for physical signs so people shared this. I hate an alcoholic who thinks they had everyone fooled. You didn’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an alcoholic and it is clear why no one knew. Most posters seem to have a vaudeville idea of what an alcoholic looks like.

People knew. I can tell if my alcoholic mother speaks one single word to me. The tone of her voice immediately gives it away. This thread asked for physical signs so people shared this. I hate an alcoholic who thinks they had everyone fooled. You didn’t.

Sorry for your trauma but this is BS. People definitely didn’t know the extent of my drinking and this thread shows why. The responses are cartoonish.

I bet your mother is drinking much more than you know. Alcoholics are experts at hidden drinking. By the time they lose control of hiding it, they are many drinks in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alcoholic and it is clear why no one knew. Most posters seem to have a vaudeville idea of what an alcoholic looks like.

People knew. I can tell if my alcoholic mother speaks one single word to me. The tone of her voice immediately gives it away. This thread asked for physical signs so people shared this. I hate an alcoholic who thinks they had everyone fooled. You didn’t.

Sorry for your trauma but this is BS. People definitely didn’t know the extent of my drinking and this thread shows why. The responses are cartoonish.

I bet your mother is drinking much more than you know. Alcoholics are experts at hidden drinking. By the time they lose control of hiding it, they are many drinks in.

No, alcoholics THINK they are experts at hiding their addiction. This thread asked for physical/facial signs, and is somewhat limited in its replies as a result.

But no, sweetie, you're not hiding anything. You reek, you sound drunk, your constant need to bail at the last minute or just no-call, no-show is a tell, your instarage at the slightest slight... your disease is literally oozing out of your pores, on your breath, and behind your eyes.

Alcoholics aren't fooling anyone but themselves.